LINCOLN, Neb. (AP) — Lincoln city officials want to build a nearly $115,000 greenhouse to store plants during the fall and winter months.
Plans call for the more than 4,000-square-foot greenhouse to be built on the west end of Antelope Park.
A Parks and Recreation Department official says that the city has received nearly $40,000 in grants to build the structure, with city funds to cover the rest of the project’s costs.
The city now pays two private nurseries to store the plants during the colder months.
One of the nurseries will continue to store the plants for Sunken Gardens. City officials say flooding in May damaged the other nursery’s greenhouses, and it won’t be able to store city plants this fall.